The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

The Beiyuan army never expected that the Ming army would rush over like this.

He immediately roared loudly and mounted his horse to fight.

A large number of auxiliary troops were also forcibly arranged in front to resist the charge of the Ming army's cavalry.

Without special preparations or elite infantry, the infantry was like an egg against a stone in front of the cavalry.

However, the commander of Beiyuan obviously just wanted these infantry to block the Ming army's cavalry charge.

With [-] cavalry, they could quickly encircle and annihilate the Ming cavalry.

"They simply don't know how to live or die, and I don't know which commander of the Ming Dynasty dared to attack my Beiyuan camp with only [-] or [-] horses."

"I thought the Ming army would defend the city, but now it seems that they can win it in one fell swoop, and there is no need to attack the city."

"I think the Ming Dynasty's court must have a very high mentality. They managed to train these cavalry, but they just lost it."

The Beiyuan generals of the Chinese army laughed loudly, laughing at the Ming army cavalry who did not know how to commend themselves, and even more whimsical.

You must know that not all of the Beiyuan cavalry are light cavalry. They are elite cavalry from the Beiyuan royal court. Among them, there are [-] cavalry, which are heavy armored cavalry.

The formation on the opposite side clearly shows that they are rushing towards the camp. Wouldn't it be a suicide attempt?

"General, shall we send cavalry to fight?" a general asked.

The general of Beiyuan shook his head and said: "Let them attack first and lose their momentum. Then our cavalry will charge forward and defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop."

His strategy was based on the lives of the auxiliary soldiers, but in everyone's eyes, if these slave soldiers could contribute to the war, it would already be their glory.

Mingqi here is about to rush to the Beiyuan camp. The Beiyuan infantry in front have already held their breath and gathered strength.

They knew this was a close call, but they didn't dare to retreat.

If you retreat, you will be directly killed by the supervising team, and if you are lucky enough to survive, you can get some trivial rewards later.

If you can kill an enemy and be allowed to become a member of Beiyuan's regular army, you will have a good life.

However, the Ming army's cavalry split directly into two groups and spread out from the left and right, with no intention of attacking the infantry.

The commander-in-chief of Beiyuan here laughed heartily when he saw this.

"It turned out to be just a group of cowards who sent military orders and the army was dispatched."

This dispersed guerrilla style of fighting can be said to be the specialty of the Mongols. In this regard, they are not afraid of anyone.

What the Ming army did was really using its own shortcomings to challenge the strengths of the Mongolian army.

As the military order was passed, the Mongolian cavalry, which had been waiting for a long time, quickly dispatched.

They are heavy cavalry in front, and light cavalry behind them are encircling and suppressing from the left and right sides, using arrow rain to disrupt the enemy's formation. At the same time, they are waiting for opportunities to move. Once the enemy's situation changes, they will immediately attack.

At this time, it was difficult for the commander on the battlefield to give orders.

No matter how loud he screamed, it was impossible for the soldiers to hear him.

Only the sound of drums can convey military orders to the soldiers.

The Ming army naturally carried the war drums.

In a battle involving tens of thousands of people, you need to carry war drums, but in a small-scale war involving only two to three thousand people, you do not need to carry one. In a small-scale war, the soldiers only need to follow the general to charge.

"Get out of the way, I want to beat the drum myself."

The war was about to break out. Fu Youde was so excited that he immediately got off his horse and walked to the drummer and said.

He is old, and as a commander-in-chief, it is naturally impossible for him to rush to the front line to fight.

Otherwise, once the coach makes a mistake, the entire army will collapse.

Unless the situation has reached an irreversible point, the coach will forcefully lead the soldiers to charge.

Fu Youde pulled off his armor directly, revealing his tendons, and his tall and round figure did not look like an old man in his 60s.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
As the drum beat became more and more intense, the Ming cavalry on the battlefield began to speed up.

The cavalry does not charge at a high speed from the beginning. The actual charging distance is not very long. In most cases, it is just the normal running speed of the horse. This is also to save horsepower.

As the Ming army accelerated, the Beiyuan cavalry also began to accelerate.

They also have war drums, and each cavalryman makes a fierce shout, which along with the sound of the war drums gives the enemy an overwhelming pressure.

At this time, arrows all over the sky fell from the sky. This was the rain of arrows from the Mongols.

Dense arrows filled the sky. If any Ming knight looked up, they would see this shocking scene.

However, the knights of the Ming Army had no intention of raising their heads and chose to ignore the rain of arrows.

These arrows, which cannot break through defenses, pose no danger to the Ming army.

The rain of arrows fell on the Ming cavalry, which disappointed General Beiyuan's expectations because he did not even see a single cavalryman fall from his horse.

At this time, they were close, and Beiyuan could clearly see the appearance of the Ming army's cavalry.

They were armored cavalry even more armed to the teeth than their elite cavalry.

From a distance, people and horses seem to be included in the iron barrel.

Directly immune to all normal attacks.

"Damn it, when did the Ming army build the Iron Buddha Tu?" Commander Beiyuan shouted unwillingly.

Of course, he doesn't feel that he will lose now. If he wants to capture these [-] mounted cavalry, the Beiyuan army will also suffer huge losses.

"The Ming Dynasty is so rich. Fifteen thousand iron pagodas, this is how much money is needed."

"Immediately send someone to notify Tamerlane's army and ask them to send troops to assist immediately."

"Tell them that the Ming army has fifteen thousand iron pagodas. If we can win this war, we can split the spoils half with them."

Commander Bei Yuan was only briefly shocked, but immediately showed greed.

There are also heavy cavalry in his army, but of course they are incomparable to the Iron Buddha.

But as long as Ming Qi is defeated, these iron pagodas will be his trophies.

Having lost so many cavalry before, he is now guilty, but as long as he gets this batch of trophies back, he can not only atone for his sins, but also gain greater power.

Even if he can only get eight thousand, no, even five thousand iron pagodas, then even His Majesty the Emperor must be polite to him.

Thinking of this, Commander Beiyuan's mood changed and became excited.

Simply order the entire army to dispatch, and it is bound to capture these Ming army cavalry.

However, Fu Youde has been fighting for a lifetime, will he be defeated by Bei Yuan so easily?

How could he allow Mingqi to attack like this? Is he just an old fool?

Of course this is not the case. It is precisely because he has been fighting for a lifetime that he has a clearer understanding of what the fifteen thousand armored cavalry in his hands are like on the battlefield.

Not to mention the [-] to [-] cavalry on the opposite side, even if there were tens of thousands more, Fu Youde would not hesitate to let the cavalry take the initiative.

Finally, Beiyuan's cavalry was about to enter the range of the matchlock guns of the Ming army's cavalry.

The effective killing range of the fire gun is within a hundred steps, so you have to get close before you can shoot with the matchlock gun.

Bows and arrows are different. Long-range projectiles can often reach 200 meters away, which is more than twice the range of a fire gun.

Therefore, it was the Beiyuan cavalry who shot arrows first, and the Ming army cavalry had to withstand a wave of arrows before they could approach.

Perhaps this is the reason why the Ming Dynasty wanted to build uniformed cavalry. If it were not for the uniformed cavalry, then facing the Beiyuan cavalry, they would first have to endure a wave of attrition, and for the Ming Dynasty, every cavalry was extremely precious.

The cavalrymen in the front row nodded and took aim at the Beiyuan cavalry.

The matchlock gun also has a trigger. When the matchlock is burning, if you press the trigger, the burning matchlock will press to the fire door chamber and fire directly.

bang bang bang! ! !
Dense gunshots rang out on the battlefield, and a large amount of black smoke began to envelope the battlefield.

After shooting, the Ming army cavalry immediately dispersed from the left and right sides, and the cavalry behind them holding matchlock guns caught up again.

This is a multi-stage shooting belonging to the cavalry.

Obviously, the Ming army cooperated very well. When they were at the grassland military base, this was their daily training program.

The imperial court transported a large number of matchlock guns and gunpowder to provide them with functional training.

The rhythm of the charge, the timing of firing, and the cooperation between the teams all took a long time to adjust.

Basically, a hundred riders are used as a unit to take over from each other.

The reason why it is a hundred cavalry is because the large amount of smoke produced by the matchlock gun will obstruct the line of sight. Therefore, the cavalry can only change directions after shooting in three or four sections at most.The Ming Army is a combat unit of [-] cavalry. After three rounds of shooting in the front, the [-] cavalry in the back row will temporarily stay to preserve the ability to shoot. At the same time, it will also give the other [-] cavalry time to reload gunpowder to prevent the enemy from attacking here. Time to charge.

The Ming army's cavalry seemed to be scattered, but in fact the cavalry of each unit was closely connected, forming a large strike area.

Precisely because a large strike area is needed to offset the smoke obstruction, this way of traveling can easily make the enemy think that the opponent is scattered and cannot concentrate on attacking one place.

At this time, the powerful dominance of the matchlock gun on the battlefield was completely demonstrated.

Beiyuan's side was obstructed by smoke and could not see the situation clearly.

However, when the smoke gradually dispersed, they saw that a large number of their own soldiers were in chaos.

After just one round of charge, the Beiyuan cavalry army here was already showing signs of collapse.

While the smoke hindered the Ming army, it also hindered the sight of the Beiyuan cavalry.

A large number of Beiyuan cavalry in front were shot down, and their armor could not completely offset the damage caused by the matchlock guns at this time.

Although the current gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the level of smokeless gunpowder, after several years of mixing experiments, it can be said that it has reached the peak of the power of black gunpowder.

At a distance of thirty steps, even hundred-forged steel can be penetrated.

You must know that in today's world, the steel used in almost all countries is hundred-forged steel.

It is too difficult to create Thousand Forged Steel with manpower.

Only those master-level craftsmen can create it, and they can only create a few in a lifetime.

These are often used as weapons, and no one ever uses them to make armor.

Even the Ming Dynasty was able to create Thousand Forged Steel only after the steam hammer appeared and became more powerful.

Even if the armor of these Beiyuan cavalry was not penetrated by the matchlock gun, they would fall off the horse due to the strong impact.

On the battlefield, especially in cavalry battles, there is almost no difference between falling off a horse and death.

Even if his own friendly troops saw him, they would have no choice but to ride on horseback and trample over him.

This is the rule for all cavalry, because there is no way to avoid it.

Once avoided, the entire army will be greatly affected. If a horse collides with the horse, it will be like a domino, with the cavalry roaring.

The Beiyuan cavalry were still very brave.

Even if there is black smoke ahead, most people dare to rush directly.

At this time they will encounter fire from the last two rows of cavalry.

In such a situation where large armies are hedging, no special aiming is needed, only rough accuracy is needed, and it can be easily hit.

For a time, Beiyuan's heavy cavalry suffered heavy casualties.

However, Beiyuan's light cavalry fired arrows in a roundabout way on the flanks, but they were unable to cause effective damage to the Ming army, almost like soy sauce.

Under such circumstances, Fu Youde's war drums became more intensive.

The speed of the Ming army also became faster and more compact.

On the other hand, although Beiyuan had many cavalry, they could only rely on heavy cavalry to cause damage to the Ming army.

The light cavalry had no choice but to give up their bows and arrows and attack the Ming army instead. This was undoubtedly a death tactic, as their swords could not break through the defenses.

But Bei Yuan had no choice. Only the light cavalry could affect the Ming army's formation, which would give Bei Yuan's heavy cavalry a chance to fight in close combat.

Otherwise, the kiting style of the matchlock guns of the Ming army would directly kill all the Beiyuan heavy cavalry.

Ci Bu took charge of the troops. After issuing this order, the commander-in-chief of Beiyuan looked ashen.

He seemed to have felt the foreshadowing of defeat.

Heavy cavalry has become his last hope. After all, Beiyuan still has a numerical advantage.

The Ming army only had [-] cavalry. As long as the light cavalry stayed and the heavy cavalry charged in, even if it was two for one or three for one, the final victory would belong to Bei Yuan.

Unfortunately, Commander Beiyuan didn't know that when he tried to charge the battle with heavy cavalry, he actually lost.

The closer the arquebus is, the greater the damage.

Previously, the distance was a bit far, and many heavy cavalry would not fall off their horses even if they were hit. However, at close range, the matchlock gun was almost accurate in every hit.

The commander-in-chief of Beiyuan did have a very strategic vision, and the close combat of heavy cavalry was indeed the key to Beiyuan's victory.

But he didn't know that the Ming army cavalry wore armor made of thousand-forged steel.

Their long knives are naturally made of thousand-forged steel.

In close combat, the Ming army could completely ignore the opponent's attacks, directly resist with armor, and then take advantage of this opportunity to kill them with a single blow.

This kind of giving up dodge is like a direct exchange of lives, which makes the Mongolian cavalry even fearful.

But then they discovered that their swords struck the Ming army, but the other party only paused slightly.

But his own armor could not stop the Ming army's long sword.

In an instant, there was a huge gap between the two sides fighting hand to hand.

It's like hundreds of eggs hitting a stone. No matter how many eggs there are, can the stone crack?

Viewed from a distance, after the cavalry confrontation between the two sides, the Ming army's cavalry charge continued unabated, constantly engulfing Bei Yuan's cavalry.

At the same time, the Ming Cavalry on the flank fired a matchlock and charged directly to kill.

It seems that the saying that one Han is equivalent to five barbarians will be rewritten today.

Because often a dozen Beiyuan cavalrymen may not be able to defeat a Ming army cavalryman.

The gap in civilization level is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

The war only lasted for less than two hours, and Beiyuan could no longer hold on.

You must know that it is normal for a large army battle like this to last for several days, not to mention a few hours.

Human strength and horse strength are limited, and they often run out of energy after a few rounds. Unless there is a huge disparity in combat power, it is normal to fight for a few days.

But the Ming army broke this rule. Matchlock guns can save a lot of energy compared to bows and arrows.

Coupled with the crushing force of their own armor and weapons, the soldiers' physical strength is preserved to the maximum extent.

On the other hand, Beiyuan is completely different in comparison.

The gap between physical strength and armaments was too obvious, and the Beiyuan cavalry was originally used as mercenaries to support Xu Huizu in defeating Timur. He did not consider artillery at all, so Fu Youde dared to lead the cavalry directly to the formation.

When the casualties reached a certain level, cavalrymen in the Beiyuan army began to flee.

It seemed that in just a few dozen breaths, the situation was overwhelming.

Fu Youde watched from a distance and laughed.

But drumming is also a strenuous job, and now he has left the drumming to the drummers.

Even if he were decades younger, he would not be able to play the drum for an hour or two.

War drums are usually played by dozens of soldiers taking turns.

"Beat the drum and chase the enemy!"

It is advisable to chase the poor with the courage of the left, but not to be the overlord.

In fact, in most cases, enemy casualties are caused when fleeing.

Beiyuan also looked at the situation and began to cease their activities and withdraw their troops.

The cavalry of the Ming Army became even more excited. At this time, it is often the time when they can achieve greater feats.

Compared with ordinary retreats, the Ming army had an even greater advantage this time.

During the pursuit, while loading the gun, a large amount of thick smoke remained, and the Beiyuan cavalry collapsed even more.

All the Beiyuan cavalry retreated desperately. As long as they ran faster than the people next to them, they would have more chances of survival.

Here the Beiyuan Central Army was dispatched and began to cover the retreating cavalry.

Fu Youde looked at the situation and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

After all, this round consumes a lot of manpower and horsepower, so we need to take a break. (End of chapter)